The Korean art market faced headwinds in 2024, with a prolonged downturn that dampened auction and fair sales after the pandemic-fueled spending spree.
August will see a large-scale retrospective of Kim Tschang-yeul, chronicling his creative odyssey through Seoul, New York and Paris, where he sublimated the scars of the 1950-53 Korean War into his trademark water drop paintings.
Prominent names in the art world will enliven other venues in the capital city throughout the year.
These include “dansaekhwa” (Korean monochrome painting) master Ha Chong-hyun at Art Sonje Center in February, focusing on his early experimental forays from 1959 to 1975 which paved the way for his now-famed “Conjunction” series; and Kang Myong-hi at the Seoul Museum of Art in March, whose ethereal cosmic paintings poetically encapsulate the interplay between her nomadic life and nature.
—Park Han-sol
